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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Snapshot of food security
JOHANNESBURG Friday, February 05, 2010 (IRIN) - Economic conditions in most southern African countries declined as a result of the global recession, pushing many more people towards greater food insecurity. According to a new food security update which focused on some southern African countries, food prices have risen and are still climbing in several countries. -
KENYA: Bumper maize harvest in coast and southeast
NAIROBI Thursday, February 04, 2010 (IRIN) - Kenya's coastal and southeastern regions will harvest a bumper maize crop from mid-February following El Nino-enhanced rains that fell in December, according to experts. -
UGANDA: Kapchorwa District farmers incurring big losses
KAPCHORWA Wednesday, February 03, 2010 (IRIN) - Eastern Uganda's mountainous district of Kapchorwa has huge agricultural potential, but farmers perennially suffer crop losses due to vermin, poor or non-existent storage and drying facilities, and lack of transport, say officials. -
YEMEN: Selling food aid to pay the rent
SANAA Wednesday, February 03, 2010 (IRIN) - Some of the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have fled fighting in Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, are selling food aid in the capital, Sanaa, to pay their rent, say an aid worker and some IDPs.
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